"fake-fan" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fake-fans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fake-fen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "fake-fen"
      },
      "expansion": "fake-fan (plural fake-fans or fake-fen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fakefan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955 January, Peter J. Vorzimer, “Fanfare 1954”, in Abstract #9, number 9, page 16:",
          "text": "I am a comparative youngster in Fandom, having been a fake-fan for nigh unto 2 years (May, 1953 - May, 1955, historians, don't forget those dates!) I cannot say that I remember the first issues of any of the above-mentioned editor's mags.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 February 21, Andy Hooper, “Apparatchik #74 is now on-line”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19970221071701.CAA15961@ladder02.news.aol.com>:",
          "text": "This issue features articles by Christina Lake, concerning New Year's celebrations among Melbourne fans, Ted White's take on the origin and development of Corflu bidding tradition, Lesley Reece's views on the Socratic method, Randy Byer's take on being past-president of the fringe-fan writers of America and the need to found another group, the fake-fan writers of America, Victor Gonzalez' research into just how frequent Apparatchik really is, some fine letters from our readers, and some dull-witted crap by me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of fakefan"
      ],
      "id": "en-fake-fan-en-noun-v6GpC1x3",
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fakefan",
          "fakefan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative form of fakefan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fake-fan"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fake-fans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fake-fen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "fake-fen"
      },
      "expansion": "fake-fan (plural fake-fans or fake-fen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fakefan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dated terms",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English fandom slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955 January, Peter J. Vorzimer, “Fanfare 1954”, in Abstract #9, number 9, page 16:",
          "text": "I am a comparative youngster in Fandom, having been a fake-fan for nigh unto 2 years (May, 1953 - May, 1955, historians, don't forget those dates!) I cannot say that I remember the first issues of any of the above-mentioned editor's mags.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 February 21, Andy Hooper, “Apparatchik #74 is now on-line”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19970221071701.CAA15961@ladder02.news.aol.com>:",
          "text": "This issue features articles by Christina Lake, concerning New Year's celebrations among Melbourne fans, Ted White's take on the origin and development of Corflu bidding tradition, Lesley Reece's views on the Socratic method, Randy Byer's take on being past-president of the fringe-fan writers of America and the need to found another group, the fake-fan writers of America, Victor Gonzalez' research into just how frequent Apparatchik really is, some fine letters from our readers, and some dull-witted crap by me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of fakefan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fakefan",
          "fakefan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative form of fakefan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fake-fan"
}